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Nigeria’s recent national accounts rebasing show that motion pictures, sound recording and music production alone, account for 1.42% of its GDP

“The goals of the Africans are not in contradiction with the SDGs. But they are specific and are more, how should I put it, more focused on the transformative policies that make a difference. When we had the first financing for development conference, it was about how we fund the MDGs by increasing the support to some priorities – eight, actually seven, so seven big goals. And I think it captured...

“The goals of the Africans are not in contradiction with the SDGs. But they are specific and are more, how should I put it, more focused on the transformative policies that make a difference. When we had the first financing for development conference, it was about how we fund the MDGs by increasing the support to some priorities – eight, actually seven, so seven big goals. And I think it captured...

Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of the UNECA, speaks at the Third ISID Forum in Addis Ababa, 14 July 2015

Carlos Lopez, executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, explains the importance of this critical conference By Addis GetachewADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA)

ECA Executive Secretary Carlos Lopes held talks with Zambian Republican President Edgar Lungu during his two-day state visit to Zambia....

“If Africans do not occupy the policy space vacated in the recent past, thanks to the various crises that shook the pillars of the financial system and facilitated the emergence of new South engines of growth, they may not have another chance,” Mr. Carlos Lopes, the Under-Secretary of General of the United Nations and the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, said during the...

JOHANNESBURG - African leaders in Johannesburg for this year’s African Union summit have a unique opportunity to set priorities, policies and reach consensus on important issues like raging conflicts, political problems and more.

La 27e session ordinaire du Conseil exécutif de l'Union africaine (UA) a débuté jeudi à Johannesburg (Afrique du Sud), en présence du ministre d'Etat, ministre des Affaires étrangères et de la Coopération internationale, Ramtane Lamamra, avec à l'ordre du jour l'examen des rapports et recommandations à soumettre au sommet des chefs d'Etat et de gouvernement africains...

Video Report in title Financing Africa's transformation: Billions to Trillions (AM 2015)

O GUINEENSE CARLOS LOPES, SECRETÁRIO GERAL ADJUNTO DA ONU, FALA DAS GRANDES OPORTUNIDADES QUE ÁFRICA APRESENTA NO CONTEXTO ACTUAL. MUNDIAL. CONSIDERAÇÕES DE UM DOS MAIS RESPEITADOS INTELECTUAIS NO MUNDO INTEIRO.

Regional collaboration in the power and water sectors, the untapped potential of renewable energy and investment challenges are top of the agenda at the 15th African Utility Week and Clean Power Africa conference in Cape Town. Carlos Lopes. Executive secretary, United Nations economic commission for Africa joins CNBC Africa to discuss the key takeaways from the conference.

Em geral, quando se fala sobre o continente africano, o tom é negativa e pessimista. Mas esse não é o único jeito de olhar para a região. Durante fala em evento do Instituto Lula, na última quinta (23), Carlos Lopes, representante da Comissão Econômica das Nações Unidas para África, mostrou que a África tem muito a oferecer para o mundo.

The world is changing and Africa too is changing. What needs to happen for Africa to capitalize on its resource potential for its structural transformation? The journey towards making Agenda 2063 a reality has already started. In this exclusive interview with the Executive Secretary of UNECA, Carlos Lopes, we turn our focus on the financing of Agenda 2063. How will Africa achieve its goals? Where...

Durante a posse do "Conselho África", em 23/4/15, o representante da Comissão Econômica das Nações Unidas para África, Carlos Lopes, falou sobre os principais desafios para o crescimento do continente.